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Landscape Photography: Night Landscape

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Overview

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Learn how to capture the drama and beauty of the nighttime landscape in these tutorials filmed along the surreal shoreline of the Salton Sea and in the Anza-Borrego Desert.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Roadmap for the course
1. Preparing for a Night Shoot
  • Preflight check: A review of equipment
  • Finding compositions in the daylight
2. Photographing at Night
  • Understanding the rhythm of the night
  • Exposing at night
  • Focusing at night
  • Setting white balance at night
  • Exploring different compositions at night
  • Photographing at the blue hour
  • Creating a night image with reflections
  • Using long exposures to blur motion
3. Painting with Light
  • Finding compositions in the dark
  • Introduction to painting with light
  • Using a fill light to paint at night
  • Light painting for creative effect
  • Light painting with a flash
  • Light painting using roads and passing cars
4. Shooting with a Full Moon at Night
  • Finding the right setup for the shot (pros and cons of a full moon)
  • Shooting the rising moon
  • Shooting HDR at night
  • Using a fisheye lens for night photography
  • Shooting the stars in a night landscape
5. Photo Review
  • A review of key images

Taught by

Seán Duggan

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